The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-30
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4 Telegraphic Dispatch Said to Have
Saved Miss Whitney.
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.-t5" From the Brooklyn Eogle.
Now it is the turn of the mind heaers.
The youngest child of Lawyer C. NJ Whit
ney, of 565 Henry street, is Estella, bright
brunette of eleven years old, not at all pre-
cocious, and fond of her toys. The house
hold was in CONSERVATION when a practi-
toner, both in homeopathy and alIopathy,
found that she had symptoms of remittent
fever, and her parents were told to let it
take its usual course Of fourteen days. Es-
Jelle had sleepleSs nights, as did her anxious
mother, and could take little nourishment.
Finally sho relapsed into an unconscious
state, and her case was so critical
that Mrs. Whitney suggested sending word
to Julius A. Dresser, of Boston, the mental
healer. Accordingly Mr.. Whitney tele-
graphed at noon and favorable answer
was returned. The result was soon seen.
Estelle's face became strangely flushed. a
profuse perspiration broke out and she asked
for cake, ice-cream and coffee, which she
enjoyed amazingly The following morning
the patient was we'll All tins is vouched
for by Mrs. Whitney, her daughters Nav
and Pearl, Estelle herself and Mr.. Whit
ney, who, while acknowledging the fact.
did not pretend TO explain its mystery. He
said last night that while he did not
profess a wild enthusiasm over the
science, he felt grateful for many things
accomplished. ut is no new thing" SAID
he. 1T has been practiced for thirty years
NV mother, then ~ years old. was surely
diving in our home. Wayne, Me. NV
mothers disease was consumption, and her
frequent hemorrhages, and the fact that
she could not get out of bed pointed TO a
speedy dissolution, uutil Mr.. p 7. Quimby,
the father of mental science, came along.
My mother had not left her bed for year
previous to his visit. After day OF MS
treatment she came down TO dinner; in
three days she was out riding and was en-
tirely cured. Her death occurred three
wears afte1ward She died of pneumonia.
Another cure effected by the exercise
of mental science was upon my sister,
three years age, then resident Of Skowhe-
gan, Me. She had been an invalid for six
teen wears from tumorS had been attended
by all of the first New England physicians
of all schools, and mad known through them
all about drugs and the knife, securing but
Temporary relief. For three years sha was
carried about from one Specialistto another
and q congested and enlarged liver made
her life an added torture. The doctors told
her there was nothing for her bat death,
when she heard of Mr.. Julius A. Dresser, "a
pupil of r. z. Qulmby. long dead, ard ac-
cepted his treatment Her cure was matter
DAYS uilaA SiuCJ tllpNi nt1n DcNii cIlii'iY
we'll aud is frequent contributor TO the
iournas on the question. | will not at
Tempt to explain the theory o. the science.
The remedies Of ten o.. twenty years ago
are out OF date and discarded, as those Of
The present will he discarded ten or twenty
wears hence Twenty-four grains of
duinine breaks up fever in one case and
excites it 20 fatai consequences in another.
All these things 20 10 Snow that medicine,
far from being science, is an experiment.
a problem the solution oil which Is involved
In endless dispute among its schools and dis
ciples DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes once
said - patient is sick; we give him
medicine and he gets well, but we
don't know whether he does so
on account Of the medicine or in spite OF
IL DR.. s. Fleet Spicr may say that be-
cause he was not callei Twelve hours earlier
Mrs. Robbins died That statement proba-
blv shows the opinion the doctor would
IKE the public TO have of him. ii DIR. Spier
could cure every case OF acute pneumonia
that fact would be reasonable ground for
supposing that Mrs Robbins died for want
Of him. The present death rate from that
fatal disease shows, however, that II DR..
Snier,s estimate of himself is correct great
lnany people are dying for wentof him every
Meek
MIR Whitney is member of st. Johns
Methodist Episcopal church, "a trustee OF
fAe First Place Methodist Episcopal church
aad well known in religious and social
ercles all over tie city.